A Brief Note On Gender Roles Of Communication

In considering this book Freud starts to make the guide of mental life through the thoughts

In the article “Male and Female Communication: Differences Worth Nothing”, Laurie M. Stewart explains that main ideas about the differences between men and women communication that were published by three different Doctors. The differences exist in men and women communication, although not any of the theories were widely accepted. Stewart introduces that the belief of men and women are differentiated in communication due to different focus and driving force was written by Deborah Tannen in You Just Don’t Understand. Next she lists the points that John Gray wrote in Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus about general communication styles varied between men and women. Then Stewart introduces that the theory Lillian Glass wrote about gender

The heartbeats, the movements of our head are behavior. The way we eat, the way we drink, the way we walk, we talk, are behavior. The construction of a bridge, the composition of a song are behavior. The fantasies of a child, the dreams of a adolescent, the illusions of an alcoholic are behavior. Although we are all familiar with human behavior, a little do we understand or we can explain about it.

     During psychoanalysis, the patient engages in free association, by saying whatever comes to mind. They must speak without concern for whether the ideas are painful, embarrassing, or illogical. Dream analysis is also considered a good way to tap the unconsciousness. Freud felt that forbidden desires and unconscious feelings are more freely expressed in dreams. Then there is analysis of resistance where the analyst becomes aware of resistances, or blockages in the flow of ideas, and he or she brings them to the patient’s awareness so they can be dealt with realistically. Finally, there is analysis of transference, which the patient may act as if the analyst is the rejecting father, former lover, or whoever the patient is feeling anger

When analysing the Psychodynamic perspective we can argue that it emphasises on the individual’s unconscious psychological processes in determining their day to day thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Freud believed the mind was mostly hidden and based his theory on three assumptions; personality is down to human experience, human functioning and the foundation of personality. Human experience explores the idea that our mind takes place on three levels of consciousness; the conscious, the preconscious and the unconscious. The conscious refers to the only level of mental life available to us which we are aware of such as, our memory, feelings and sensations. The preconscious signifies the experiences that are not currently conscious but can become so, for

This paper attempts to review for the reader a selection of literature that study and analyze the differences that exist between men and women and the manner in which they communicate. Not only do these pieces of literature fall into different categories and specialties, they also deliver varied opinions and results as to what causes the differences discussed. By becoming familiar with the many aspects of gender communication differences, the responsible worker or manager can synthesize those findings into a methodology that enhances work place communication.

In order to be able to solve some of the problems associated with gender miscommunications, we should distinguish first between the two different types of communications: verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Verbal communication consists of messages expressed by linguistic means such as the use of intonation, the specific words we choose to say, and the way we are saying them. There are differences in females and males usage of language/verbal communication. As we might expect from traditional sex-role stereotypes, girls tend to establish more egalitarian same-sex groups. Girls use friendly groups as a training ground for cooperation. Boys view friendly conversation among their friends as training for verbal aggression. Females are more verbal, use three times more amount of words than males, they are much more descriptive and use more adjectives. Women are less direct in their communication style. As Prof. Tannen showed in one of her research, women are more indirect in answering questions depends on the situation. They answer questions the way they would like to be answered by men, which means more than just a yes/no answer. However, men answer the way they would like to be answered

The personal unconscious – according to Carl Jung, the component of the mind contains thoughts and feelings that are currently not yet part of any conscious awareness, e.g. An individual that doesn’t like a certain type of room but not sure why, might be where something traumatic took place.

To begin, let’s classify what is meant by roles. By definition, a role is a set of behaviors expected of someone in a particular position. In theater, there are numerous roles with different individuals portraying the set character. Additionally, in a hospital, there are human beings acting out roles such as doctors and nurses. Characters are divided further into detail between males and females. Gender roles are norms for how women and men are supposed to act. Wait. What is a norm? A norm is classified as rules or expectations that guide people’s behavior in a culture – or in their biological sex type. Conclusively, the United States has pictured certain identities for men and women about how they should act/function is the world. Additionally, each portrayal is then distinguished by specific categories (i.e. masculinity), time, and culture. The interpersonal communication concept of gender roles is studied by various theorists previously and currently to distinguish a particular theoretical understanding of the phenomenon.

Freud believed peoples mental functions stem from the unconscious mind. These mental functions are repressed experiences will denote the submerged part of the iceberg. They are also described as mental inner conflict

Differences in gender communication deal with technology, negotiations, the workplace and persuasion. Researchers believes that the main difference in gender communication is due to the fact the men and women view the purpose of interactions in a different way. Women tend to see conversations as connections while men use them as competition and power gaining tactics (Merchant, 2012). Personally I can reflect on experiences when this objective seems to be true. During dating, women tend to be seen as more emotional and strive for relationship while in some

What would the average person say if asked them. “What are the communication differences between men and women?” Would it be something like women talk about shoes, and men talk about sports? Or maybe something along the lines of women talk all-the-time and men hardly speak at all. What if I said that assumption is correct. Well, not entirely of course. As it turns out, men and women have some fundamental communicative differences. This is also very much a generalization, and I would not think includes persons who identify as different genders.

According to Boeree, (2007), the unconscious mind would be made referenced to all the things that are not easily available to awareness and other things such as our drives or instincts. Additionally the unconscious mind includes the things that are put there that we block out voluntarily or involuntarily as in any case resulting from a traumatic event or episode.

According to Freud, the larger part of the mind exists below the surface of awareness.The unconscious stores all experiences, memories, and repressed material.Needs and motivations that are inaccessible or out of our awareness, are also outside the sphere of conscious control.Most psychological functioning exists in the out-of-awareness realm.The aim of psychoanalytic therapy is to make unconscious motives conscious.

The conscious holds our thoughts that are present right now, the conscious mind consists of everything inside of our awareness. The preconscious is where we hold our thoughts and memories that are currently not in awareness, but can be easily retrieved. The preconscious holds our fears, emotions, and memories. The unconscious thoughts are things a person cannot voluntarily bring to awareness. We cannot access our unconscious without professional help, the unconscious initiates extreme anxiety and can’t be revealed to the conscious mind. We can’t know or see what’s in our unconscious, but we can work with it. In 1923 Freud came out with a new theory describing our personality, most people know of this theory as "Freud 's personality